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Why do I get document expired every time I go back in search results?

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lostspirit
lostspirit
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Happens in 32 and 33. In this case using a custom web form we built internally, let's say it's for queries. User selects options, clicks Run. Shows results, they click a link to drill down to the next level, works fine. Then when they click the BACK button, they get the "Document Expired" warning.

I understand the need for preserving the integrity of the form POST data, but surely there's a better way to do this? Neither Chrome nor IE exhibit this behavior, and I've just been forced to make Chrome the default browser for our company President.

Happens in 32 and 33. In this case using a custom web form we built internally, let's say it's for queries. User selects options, clicks Run. Shows results, they click a link to drill down to the next level, works fine. Then when they click the BACK button, they get the "Document Expired" warning. I understand the need for preserving the integrity of the form POST data, but surely there's a better way to do this? Neither Chrome nor IE exhibit this behavior, and I've just been forced to make Chrome the default browser for our company President.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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This appears to be a bug in how Firefox 32-33 caches a page after POST. With automatic cache size management (the default), it seems that when the cache is full, instead of sacrificing an old page, Firefox is not caching the new page. I have not seen an explanation for this yet.

As a temporary workaround, some users are clearing their browser cache. Others have reported success turning off automatic cache size management. More background: Ever since latest update 9/2/2014 I and other have been recieving Document Expired warnings

Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer

BobT
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The automatic cache size management always was problematical. Needs more work.